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Grex > Agora56 > #83: Road to Ruin No. 4: Procrastinate! | |
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marcvh
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response 50 of 66:
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Feb 10 18:32 UTC 2006 |
A good mutual fund, anyway. Some do worse.
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bru
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response 51 of 66:
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Feb 10 18:54 UTC 2006 |
I buy lotto tickets whenever the jackpot gets over $50 million, anxd I only
buy one ticket with the same selection of numbers. I only do it because I
figure someone has to win and it might as well be me. maybe. possibly.
whatever.
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jep
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response 52 of 66:
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Feb 10 20:21 UTC 2006 |
I buy lottery tickets when the numbers reach an impressive plateau,
too. The last time I bought a lotto ticket, the big prize was over
$150 million.
Hmm, this reminds me to fill out the paperwork for a flexible spending
account for health costs. It, too is a gamble. I'm gambling that I'll
guess right and not have money left over, but save enough to cover most
of my family's expenses for health for this year.
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keesan
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response 53 of 66:
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Feb 10 20:23 UTC 2006 |
Which mutual fund has lost 50% per year on average?
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jadecat
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response 54 of 66:
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Feb 10 20:31 UTC 2006 |
My hubby and I buy scratch off lottery tickets from time to time (and
his mom likes to give them at Christmas and birthdays). In general we
win more than we lose- though never winning more than $20 at one time.
Whenever we win we put the card in a specific spot- and then we turn a
whole bunch in at once every six months or so. This mass turn-in amount
to about $90 in December, Christmas present money.
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eprom
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response 55 of 66:
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Feb 10 20:58 UTC 2006 |
I buy tickets when the Megamillions jackpot reaches $100 mil...anyways the
money goes to funding the schools.
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klg
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response 56 of 66:
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Feb 10 21:07 UTC 2006 |
You fell for that line?
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tod
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response 57 of 66:
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Feb 10 21:17 UTC 2006 |
I thought lotto money was used to help buy John Engler's wife some fertility
meds..
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slynne
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response 58 of 66:
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Feb 11 05:33 UTC 2006 |
I buy lotto tickets all the time. I know it is a bad investment but I
dont think of it as an investment. It is entertainment to me and pretty
cheap entertainment too. It's just a buck now and then.
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johnnie
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response 59 of 66:
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Feb 11 14:28 UTC 2006 |
And the losing ones are tax-deductible (if you itemize)!
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marcvh
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response 60 of 66:
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Feb 11 15:40 UTC 2006 |
and you eventually win, which most people don't!
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nharmon
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response 61 of 66:
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Feb 11 19:38 UTC 2006 |
Yeah, I thought you could only deduct lottery tickets to the ammount
that you won. In other words, if you spent $100 on lottery tickets last
year, and won $200, you only paid income tax on $100 of your
winnings...but if you spent $100 on tickets and didn't win anything, you
don't get to deduct that $100 from other income.
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klg
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response 62 of 66:
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Feb 11 19:51 UTC 2006 |
Yeah. Old johnnieJohnny is wrong (again - believe it or not). Gambling
losses are offsets up to the amount of gambling winnings. That is, you
can, for example, used lottery ticket losses against horse race
winnnings. But, you gotta produce the records if you audited.
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johnnie
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response 63 of 66:
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Feb 12 04:28 UTC 2006 |
>Old johnnieJohnny is wrong
Half-right, I'd say.
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klg
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response 64 of 66:
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Feb 12 13:31 UTC 2006 |
Tell that to the IRS, Einstein.
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johnnie
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response 65 of 66:
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Feb 12 16:44 UTC 2006 |
I'm quite sure they'd be very understanding.
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wilt
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response 66 of 66:
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May 16 23:52 UTC 2006 |
HACKED BY GNAA LOL JEWS DID WTC LOL
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